100 grand a week at Chelsea and Manchester United – but are footballers worth it?

Next you'll argue why its a good thing that women have the vote. Footballers are entertainers, and are what draws the people through the gates. If they can demand the high pay, more power to them. Whatever the market bears. There's really no reason why a movie star should make a lot and a star athlete should not.

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The players these days cost too much and get paid too much! The best players should get paid $1000-10000 a week at the most and an average player should get paid around 1000-2500 a week because it's just too much. Football has turned into a bussiness more than a sport and is quite sad to see sometimes. And a player like Ronaldo (if sold) should be sold for 10million pounds at the most because otherwise it just seems too much!

The players that are earning the most usually have earned this through playing in the most difficult situations and being able to help their team, there is nothing wrong with the money in the game, aslong as the playes keep their focus on playing well and not on making just money.. If players start to complain about making that amount of money in my opinion shouldn't be even on the pitch. Wes brown at the moment has been doing this with united, and the fact is he is one of the highest paid in the premiership. He wants to be up there with the best, although as we all know he isn't that good.. He is a average player in a good team, so he gets away with it

I beleive footballers are over paid. Now football is deviated from its original aim of intertainment and creating friendship among people to commercially dominated show of bussiness. My fear is that, our youn generation through out the world and specifically in the developing countries where they don't enjoy the luxury of choice like what we have in Europe and America, they will be worthlessly investing in becomming footballers and only few will succeed. Those who succeed will be also brain drained to Europe and other parts of the world where they will be paid more. All this is because of the money that footbalers are getting. A well known academician, physician, physicst, engeneer etc... are paid very littele even in the developed world while footballers, using mostly theri muscle with little brain investment are paid very high salary. This should stop immediateley. Eduardo V. Ricardo

Dont think its necessary the footballers faults theyre paid that much. If someone offered me a 100k a week to play id take it, what grips me is there prima donna attitudes as though they are more important than your average joes like me.

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The players these days cost too much and get paid too much! The best players should get paid $1000-10000 a week at the most and an average player should get paid around 1000-2500 a week because it's just too much. Football has turned into a bussiness more than a sport and is quite sad to see sometimes. And a player like Ronaldo (if sold) should be sold for 10million pounds at the most because otherwise it just seems too much!

it dose my head in that very ordinary players get paid ridiculouse amounts of money, football just costs too much money to watch and who pays for it all....thats right joe bloody muggins here! fook em all, every last 1.